. >> reporter: she may be capable of adapting, but sister-in-law catherine middleton was seemingly crafted for it. >> kate went out and met members of the family over a long period, she understood what royal life was. >> i'm sure there's also a lot that meghan will be able to learn from kate. clearly kate has done an awful lot of these functions where you have to sit on nearly a throne, or you have to be on a royal tour, you're getting in and out of a car, getting on and off an airplane, your skirt flies up -- >> reporter: meghan and kate are the next generation of royal sisters-in-law following in the footsteps of diana and sarah ferguson. >> diana was this sensation. that everybody was obsessed with. sarah ferguson, it's always harder to be slightly in the shadows, to be marrying the second in line to the throne. because there's no defined role for her. and one hopes in the way that diana did so well in finding causes that meant something to her. if meghan is able to do that, i think she'll have a much easier ride tnha ferguson did. >> reporter: many see meghan as a much-needed dose of m

when prince william and catherine middleton tied the knot in twenty eleven the public was given the day off harry and megan's wedding won't be quite a spectacular after all harry is only six in line to the throne but there's just as much speculation and excitement surrounding macon's wedding dress as there was about kate. this is not just a dress for a day this is a dress that's going to be remembered throughout royal history it will have its own unique place in royal history and never needs to be timeless macon is pretty daring when it comes to fashion and but i think we'll see her go down a very classic and traditional way when it comes to her wedding dress. for start it will be white. in eight hundred forty eight young queen victoria was the first royal bride to wear a simple white dress to marry prince albert of such cold. and daughter at the time this wasn't a popular choice for wedding dresses thanks to queen victoria it became a tradition. all the bridal gowns of the royal family are being kept at kensington palace. it's not the big expensive silver and gold dresses of those at t

. >> i catherine middleton -- >> now meghan markle will exchange vows with who has been the most eligiblencess' big day compare. the dress, a 20-year-old diana donned an extravagant ivory silk taffeta creation crafted by british designer elizabeth emanuel. >> thrills and bows and poofs. it was quite over the top. >> reporter: flash forward 30 years later, kate walked down the aisle in a stunning satin alexander mcqueen. diana's train 25 feet long and kate a train nine feet long. details of meghan's gown are a complete secret. then the tiara. diana wore a spencer family tiara. the queen loaned kate the cartier tiara and as for the attendants diana had five bridesmaids and two page boys including india hicks. >> the crowd, the noise of the crowds, the smell of diana with that tea rose. she was going to be a princess. she felt like she was the -- >> reporter: meghan has too many girlfriends to choose a maid of honor lew six young ladies including princess charlotte as bridesmaids. all right, so the dress is going to be beautiful, no doubt. one tradition that meghan is expected to stick with

before she married prince william and became catherine duchess of cambridge kate middleton had a fairly ordinary life. complete with house pets classmates and an interesting nickname our number five in school people called her sweet after the class katie. today she may answer to her royal highness but catherine still likes to mingle with common folks. her husband prince william also has an animal nickname. when he was a child his mother diana lovingly christened him a wombat on a trip to australia just like the marsupials found down under it's number four now a ranking of odd royal nicknames and rumor has it william still called wombat today . danish queen modulator the second is also not addressed as your majesty by her family since her childhood she answers to the nickname. that's because the french name for this flower. which sounds much like mugsy. for swedish crown princess victoria and her husband daniel the birth of daughters was really special for christening the swedish government gave her two hundred children's books including four spotty by margaret ray it's about a bunny who